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If you don’t have any interest in balance sheets, income statements, hostile takeovers, stock swaps, share buybacks, or tax strategies, then you probably won’t like this book.

But if somewhere along the way you lost yourself down the rabbit hole of corporate finance, then you will L-O-V-E love this book.

The story centers on John Malone, widely regarded as one of the sharpest business minds in modern history. His pace of M&A—averaging one deal every two weeks for over 15 years—is stunning. I mean, these guys were slinging billion dollar deals like bowls of breakfast cereal (and his company's share price increased 55,000% during that period by the way).

But to me, what truly makes this book great is the robust profile of Malone that Robichaux gives us. It’s not just a fawning glow piece. Malone is cast as a monster as much as a maven, mortal as much as invincible, an insecure sociopath as much as a loving family man.

— Alex (July 18, 2020)